Broom-holder.



A. KUNKBL. BROOM HOLDER.

IIIIIIIIIIIIII E13-FEB. 28, 190s.

Patllted 0G12. 13, 1908..

AUGUST KUNKEL, OFJOHNSTOWN, PENSYLVANIA.

Specification yof Letters Patent. y I

Patented oct. 13, 190s.

Application med February as, 190s. serial 110,418,323.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST KUNKEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Broom-Holder, of which the foly lowing is a specification.

.This .invention relates to holders for brooms, brushes, and similar articles, and has for its object to provide a holder adjustable to the ordinary size of handle used in brooms and the like.

Another object of this invention is to s construct the parts 'that the holder will be allowed .considerable play for swinging movement which will be found'very advantageous when the device is used for display purposes in the open, when the strain produced 4by wind on most devices of this kind which are rigid weakens the holder.

V. th these and other objects in View, as w1ll more fully hereinafter appear,- the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, herelnafter' fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly polnted out in the appended claimit being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of construction as fall within the scope of the claim maybe made without departing from Ithe spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a detached 'perspective View of' the dholder. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the supporting plate. Fig; 3 is a plan view showing the parts assembled,l and supporting a broom.

Similar numeralsV of reference are employed to indicate corresponding *parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The supporting plate, preferably formed of spring steel or other resilient material and of rectangular' shape, is centrally provided with a depression 1, the side walls 2 and 3 of which are turned upwardly Aat a slight angle to the horizontal.' The end walls f1 and 5 of the depressedportion are turned upward similar to the walls 2 and 3, the Whole forming a seat, the function of which will appear later. Theend portions 6 and 7 are continuations of the walls 3 and 4 and lie at right angles thereto in a plane with the upper end of said walls. Either vside ofthe portions 6 and 7 are turned and form anges' 8 which extend from' oints adjacent the walls 4 and'5, the entire ength of each end portion, and project downwardly at acute angles to the outer face of the ortions 6 and 7, and in a plane with'the door of the "depression 1. The function of'this construction in so Vfar as the lianges 8 is concerned, is to render the supporting plate free from sharp edges, such as would have a tendency to out ortear the contracting parts.'

` The holder is preferably formed of material similar to the supporting plate, and is centrally provided with a depression of slightly less size than the depression 1, the side walls 8 and 9 of which are turned upwardly similar to i'the walls 2 and 3. are the end walls 10 and 11 turned to correspond to the Walls 4 and 5. It is obvious that with this construction the dish or depression formed in the holder will snugly fit in the seat formed in the supporting plate and excessive rocking movement will be prevented by the contacting walls. The free ends of the holder are provided with outwardly projecting flanges 18 similar to the iianges '8 of the supporting plate and are curved inwardly forming loops, the fianges 13 with the walls- 9 and10 forming resilient bearing surfaces for the handle of a broom, brush, or similar article interposed between the loops. With this construction a firmer grip can be maintained than if the gripping surfaces were flat, since the flanges will be more or less embedded in the handle of the broom, brush, or the like.

The holder and supporting plate are centrally provided inthe depressed portions with registering perforations 14 and 15. The perforations are formed a slight distance to .one side of the center of both parts and form a reception for the screw or nail by which the device is secured to a wall, display rack or the like. In such osition the members are not clamped tight y together,

So, also,

it being designed to insert a screw or nail 1n the like comprising a holder having opposed l outwardly projecting arms provided with spring arms, a flattened centralportion, forwardly projecting flanges at the top and bottom of said central portion, and rearwardly projecting ribs at the 'sides of the central portion, in combination with a supporting plate having a central portion provided with forwardly projecting flanges arranged to embrace the flanges on the holder, channels 10 formed to receive the ribs of the holder, and A wall engaging flanges thereon.

In testimony that I claim the foreging as my own, I have hereto alixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST KUNKEL.

Witnesses:

HARRY DoERR, HARRY E. SLICK. 

